Ira Glasser

Ira Glasser served as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union for 23 years, retiring in 2001. Prior to his work with the ACLU, Glasser was a mathematician and a member of the science and mathematics faculties of Queens College and Sarah Lawrence College. He is a widely published essayist on civil liberties and has authored a book, Visions of Liberty: The Bill of Rights for All Americans.